Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

The , or JAMSTEC (海洋機構), is a Japanese national research institute for marine-earth science and technology. It was founded as Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (海洋科学技術センター) in October 1971, and became an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in April 2004. Projects International projects The Array for Real Time Geostrophic Oceanography (ARGO) The Climate Variability and Predictability Programme (CLIVAR) Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS) International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) The International Margins Program (InterMARGINS) An initiative for international cooperation in ridge-crest studies (InterRidge) Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Organization